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Cover Shell Content
The first building for the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (German National Library) in Leipzig was erected between 1914 and 1916. Stuttgart architect Gabriele Glöckler won the European architectural competition for what is now the fourth annex, with her concept Umschlag-Hülle-Inhalt (envelope-shell-content). Her design adds an independent element to the structure's silhouette on the Deutscher Platz, while at the same time integrating the 1970s book tower into the whole ensemble. Around the content of the supporting structural skeleton is wrapped the shell of the exterior wall. The envelope--a silvery, glittering weatherproof skin--sculpts the form of the building, which recalls a tome of sorts. The façade, made of translucent, colorful glass elements, opens up the building toward the outside, yet at the same time, fulfills the conditions necessary for the conservation of books. A 14,000 square meter floor space provides room for stacks, the German Music Archives, and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek's Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum (German Museum of Books and Documents).
International Dictionary of Library Histories
Following the format of Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places and International Dictionary of University Histories, the International Dictionary of Library Histories provides basic information for each institution - location and holdings - followed by an extensive (1,000-5,000 word) essay on its history as well as a Further Reading list. In addition, the dictionary includes introductory articles on the history of various types of libraries and a library history in various regions of the world. The dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions from around the world, including the world's most important research libraries and other libraries with glo...
Dictionary of Contemporary Germany
A series of dictionaries on the contemporary milieu of the world's most important countries. The ContemporaryCountry Dictionary series are not tourist guides--though tourists with a serious interest in countries they are visiting will find them of great help in learning more about these societies. These alphabetical reference guides have been compiled to give up-to-date information on all aspects of each country--explanations of terms that are outside the scope of a standard dictionary or encyclopedia--including acronyms, political and legal institutions, cultural phenomena, social welfare programs, industrial concerns, media, literary and political personalities, and much more. Each Dictionary has been compiled by two people--a native of the individual country and an English-speaking collaborator from either Great Britain or the United States. Readers are thus assured of authoritative information that is rendered in terms comprehensible to English-language readers. The Dictionaries will prove invaluable to researchers, librarians, and students.
Reading Germany
By closely examining the interaction between intellectual and material culture in the period before the Nazis came to power in Germany, the author comes to the conclusion that, contrary to widely held assumptions, consumer culture in the Weimar period, far from undermining reading, used reading culture to enhance its goods and values. Reading material was marked as a consumer good, while reading as an activity, raising expectations as it did, influenced consumer culture. Consequently, consumption contributed to the diffusion of reading culture, while at the same time a popular reading culture strengthened consumption and its values. Gideon Reuveni is Director of the Centre for German Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the co-editor of The Economy in Jewish History (Berghahn, 2010) and several other books on different aspects of Jewish history. Presently he is working on a book on consumer culture and the making of Jewish identity in Europe.
